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... This is of course the end of the dry season (June-Sept) when average rainfall per month ranges from 0.1 to 1.0 inch total. There were surprisingly few cars on the road on this weekday. Traffic in Porto and even later in Lisbon was not heavy at all and we experienced no traffic delays from construction or accidents. We approached Lisbon about 2:30 and missed a turn on the autopista. But the GPS got us back on track after getting redirected ...

... and died for a few hours, all showering etc as we did want to go out for at least a few drinks as it was chiara's last night with us. Eventually around 11 we crawled out of the house (after buying and rolling some hash) and went to this really cheap bar where everything was three euros or less for a period of time. We had an insane amount of mojitos and then moved onto jäger bombs and shots. Things then got ...

... point of Europe. We had a good walk there although it was a little difficult with the two Duracell boys :-) than we went to Sintra with the magnificent palace but there was no way to go to visit it as there was an incredible amount of tourists around and the small town was completely blocked. Aires went back home and we got our car washed as it was unrecognizable the poor thing after the almost 6000 km it had done. We bought a bottle of wine on the way back. Luis uncle, ...

... and served as a buffet. This included an entire table of prawns. Shortly after, the wedding games surrounding the garter and bouquet proceeded and, what has now turned into a bit of a tradition, Paul won the garter. Around this time we decided to make our exit and in the time it took Robert (the elder) to secure the keys for Tia Natalia's place, the light balloons were released and the cake was cut. Although getting to the farm was tricky, getting back home was very easy with our ...

Wanda, our eccentric hostess, suggested she showed us round Alcacer do Sal, as it was a "wonderful place to sit and drink something". So we set off about 9am. I'd planned to put Mum and Wanda in the back to talk to each other, and to have Mel in the front of the car. Wanda was having none of it. She wanted the Sat Nav off, as she knew much better and quieter roads and "that thing will drive me insane" she said. Fair enough. I turned ...